Burt’s Bees Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Cream

First of all, I totally fell for the adorable packaging. It’s so cute! I am in love with glass jars so this one really spoke to me. I love the tin lid and I love the design which is printed on it. There is a cow on the lid – how cool is that? You won’t see many hand creams feature a cow…or a bee for instance (and we love those hard-working bees). Besides being interesting, this packaging features some important info. It’s suitable to be recycled, it will stay fresh for a year since you’ve opened it, it’s made of 100% natural ingredients and it’s cruelty free. Music for my ears. You also have a thorough ingredients list as well. Sweet almond oil, beeswax, grapefruit seed extract and soybean oil are merely a slice of the entire list here. I bought my jar at feelunique.com and I think I paid approx $8-$9 for it. I’m not sure but I will check it out when the site resumes since I currently cannot visit it. Are you having these same problems, or is it just me?

Now, I shall warn all those among you who detest hand creams and anything extremely nourishing on the skin – if this is the case, this is not a cream for you. The Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Cream is intended to provide extra rich care for hard-working skin. Burt’s bees really are hard-working as well because I’ve never encountered a more thorough and caring hand cream in my life. You actually don’t appreciate a good hand cream until you need one, trust me. I’ve searched high and low but no hand cream has helped me in my time of need. They all do something but never enough. I was getting tired of having rough, dry and scaly hands. They even cracked from all the dryness and my cuticles never looked so horrid. No cuticle treatment was working. And my nails? Oh, the horror. I always had brittle nails but this was a completely different territory. My nails pealed like they were made of paper. It’s the most uncomfortable feeling ever. And I’m the kind of person that loves nicely groomed hands and nails so this really was hard to tackle.

Let me say that I’m fully recovered and if I ever notice a rough patch on my hands, or if my nails seem to be needing some extra care – this is the hand cream to turn to. The smell of this cream is very specific, very potent and I believe that it might be a dealbreaker for some people. It’s of a nutty almond scent but some people tend to pick up an earthy herbal aroma. I’ve heard it associates them to a herbal ointment. Not a particularly sexy scent to be quite fair. I, on the other hand, pick up marzipan notes but I distinctively detect almond oil. So be careful if you’re sensitive to certain smell. I actually am in love with it and to let you know that I’m not the only one who loves it – I’ve been inquired about what smells so good too many times to count. People cannot believe that this hand cream is what oozed of this delicious scent. The texture is also quite different than most stuff I’ve tried. At first, it was rather firm and resembles a hardened balm. Over time, it softens on a room temperature and becomes much softer thus easier to scoop up and use.

This is a really rich hand cream. This is a fact that all of us suffering from dry hands will appreciate. If you dislike oily, heavy, creamy things on your hands than I reckon you won’t like it as much as I do. It’s pretty thick and you get the sense of thickness when you rub it in your hands. It’s definitely waxy due to the beeswax which melts beneath the warmth of your fingers. It coats hands so beautifully and it keeps them nourished and protected for a long time. If you don’t like using something like this while at work or something like that – it will be a perfect overnight hand treatment. I wake up every time to notice perfectly smooth and soft hands. Since my hands are quite chapped, I use it whenever I feel the need to. I always carry this jar with me. I love to carry it in my bag and it saves my hands while I’m at work (I’m not too fussy while at work). I always apply it after washing when at home so, it’s a beautiful all-rounder for me. It coats hands in this wonderful, rich, balmy-waxy texture and this coating stays on my hands even after 2-3 hand washes ( I’ve double, no, triple checked!). My nails and cuticles look revitalized and sooo much better than before. Since it provides a protective waxy coat, I’ve noticed that it gives just a little push for my nails and they grow longer. They instantly look healthy after application and so does the skin of my hands. No more nicked cuticles, less peeling of nails, softer hands which look so much nicer with a pretty manicure. This is my perfect hand cream and I might even dare to say that it has outdone my L’Occitane shea butter hand creams.